What is a Citizen Developer and Shadow IT?

A “Citizen Developer” is a user who creates business applications for a department or company and who is not part of the IT department.

“Shadow IT” typically refers to users or departments who have implemented software or other technical solutions outside of IT’s approval or knowledge.

Citizen Developers and Shadow IT can be a real headache for an already overworked and underfunded IT department. Users don’t have to know much technically, if anything, to assemble useful business applications using No-code/Low-code platforms.

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Use Cases and Application Gallery

In-house built applications specific to each organization is the cornerstone of what gives them a competitive edge for selling better, building better products and services, improving customer service, and saving time and money.

Any mid-sized organization can require literally hundreds of applications to automate the sheer number of processes they have in different areas of the business. Here are a number of applications to give you some ideas around what applications could work for you.

Partner Program

DOCOVA’s Partner Program offers your company a competitive advantage that can open the door to new business opportunities and revenue streams. Our Partner Program provides access to DOCOVA, lead generation, product and marketing training, discounts, a technical support portal and access to beta versions.

Why DOCOVA?

The digital world is changing faster than ever before! It is becoming more and more difficult for companies to keep up with the latest technologies. In order to keep pace and stay competitive, you need a platform that is AGILE enough to help you do that. The future of business application development is low-code/no-code.

Our low-code/no-code platform makes it easy to quickly develop business applications ranging from small departmental apps to large, complex, mission critical solutions. DOCOVA accelerates and eases the integration of applications with existing cloud and on-premises systems.

Ease of Use
DOCOVA is crazy easy to use with almost no training required for the most novice of Citizen Developers. For the more complex enterprise-grade apps, DOCOVA has everything IT Pro Developers need to put their applications together and deploy them across the organization and cross-device.

Nothing to Install
DOCOVA’s visual development environment is 100% browser based. There is no desktop client software to install.

Depth of Functionality

There are of course other low-code/no-code solutions on the market. We encourage you to explore the depth of functionality beyond the simple 2 minute videos you see on websites. DOCOVA comes with a lot of features you don’t typically see in other solutions, like the ability to replace multiple full or partial application designs with a single template, or the ability to edit files in-place, meaning there is no need to download, edit and re-upload files.

No Database Modeling Required!
With DOCOVA, there is no database modeling required, no table entities to set up and relate, no database refactoring needed when changes are made. DOCOVA handles all of that for you. All you need to do is concentrate on building the application that you need….SUPER FAST!

Run Anywhere
DOCOVA lets you create and run your business apps where you want. Whether that’s on-premises, in Azure, AWS, DOCOVA’s cloud or anywhere else, DOCOVA is made to suit your requirements.

A Multi-tiered approach to low-code/no-code development.
DOCOVA provides three levels of development to cater to different skill levels of citizen and IT pro developers.

LEVEL 1: No-code

The no-code level is useful for beginner Citizen Developers to allow them to assemble business apps without the need to provide any code whatsoever. DOCOVA’s App Builder is a simple, fun and easy to use visual development interface, Citizen Developers can drag and drop all the components needed to develop a business application and deploy it across the organization across desktops, tablets and smart phone interfaces.

LEVEL 2: Low-code with DOCOVAScript

As Citizen Developers become slightly more familiar with the DOCOVA development interface they can employ DOCOVAScript. DOCOVAScript is a simple yet thorough scripting language that can be very powerful. DOCOVAScript is easy to use and if you’ve ever added formulae to spreadsheets or if you are familiar with the @Formula/@Command language that was in Lotus Notes, you’ll catch on right away! As Citizen Developers’ development prowess grows, DOCOVAScript offers a deep set of functionality that will allow you to deliver quite complex applications. For Pro developers, you’ll be amazed at how fast you can put together sophisticated applications with the visual interface and DOCOVAScript.

LEVEL 3: Low-code with DOCOVA’s API

DOCOVA also comes with a full-blown Application Programming Interface (API) and object model. Suited to more seasoned IT developers, the API along with Web Services and the Enterprise Integrator, open up an endless array of possibilities for developing business applications and integrating them with other systems.